Asia faces food shortage by 2050 without water reform
Monday, August 17, 2009 - 13:56
in Mathematics & Economics
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (18 August 2009) -- A comprehensive new study of irrigation in Asia warns that, without major reforms and innovations in the way water is used for agriculture, many developing nations face the politically risky prospect of having to import more than a quarter of the rice, wheat and maize they will need by 2050.